--- title: When he had finished his meal the hare felt that something was wrong… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: When he had finished his meal the hare felt that something was wrong with his tail, so he jumped away from the ant hill, and found to his disgust that he had left half his tail behind him where the ants had bitten it through. Who acts: hare, finished meal, something. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hare, finished meal, something), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg70959:19:47 # text = When he had finished his meal the hare felt that something was wrong with his tail, so he jumped away from the ant hill, and found to his disgust that he had left half his tail behind him where the ants had bitten it through. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 disgust disgust NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 36 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 behind behind ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 through through ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | hare | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **feel** | past | hare's finished meal | | | | | the hare *nsubj* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | something | | | | | with hare's tail; wrong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **jump away** | past | hare | | | the ant hill | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hill=Trajectory | | 5 | **find** | past | hare's finished meal *not said here* | | | | | to hare's disgust | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect | hare | hare's tail | | | | behind meal | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tail=Theme behind he=Location | | 7 | **bite** | past · perfect · passive | | the ants | | | | tail *obj*; through *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient it=Result | | 8 | **disgust** | | hare | | | | | | nom disgust «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/48/) - ↑ back to [Xxv.--how Two Bendega Young Men Changed Their Skins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/19/)